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Bought @jezzaboy's MS-60B. Helpful, well-packaged delivery, really pleasant and solid guy to deal with.

The place we use has a very old Ashdown ABM300 head into a Ashdown Mag 4x10 cab. Turns out it sounds huge! Which is handy as parking in the area is scarce and travelling light is the way to go.

Sausage In A Bottle — The Police

This isn't going to end well. Unless that is you simplify things by banging all the band members significant others. That's something that always sorts everything out and never has any negative consequences whatsoever.

If you're leaving the band @Lozz196 what's the plan for the future considering you've 2 lightweight Bergs and one on the way. Its like the ideal family. Do you have something else in mind ? Studio work or sit down Jazz gigs ? Dave

Itchycoo Pork - Small Faces

Yes, now, but again, not back when I actually wrote the message, so maybe someone read it and corrected their mistake.

I Ham Legend - White Zombie

I posted 'Emmet Otter' on the word association thread this morning, and later as I was driving I realised a washtub bass uses resonance in the same sort of way I was thinking 🤔

Pork Like An Egyptian - The Bangles

At last nights rehearsal Last I used a Hughes & Kettner 300w 1x15 combo of some sort, sounded really nice. Usually the rigs at the rehearsal room are Orange, which are ok, but was nice to have a different one for a change.

Had my last rehearsal with The Spacewasters before I leave the band last night. We have a gig on Friday which will be my last gig so was a quick run through the set to establish anything we needed to work on. Answer was no, as all sounded great. A bittersweet evening for me, I have to leave as gigging just knackers me in so much now, but the band sounded so good and I really enjoyed it. Still, plenty with far more to moan about than this so won’t complain.

Badfinger album is a classic that everyone should have. Such a tragic story behind them. Dave

Rehearsals with two bands in two days. Monday, quite mellow, nearly all new songs, straightforward and went well. No Matter What by Badfinger is a gem of a track. Today, the originals. More arranging and I had my first proper go at three part harmony*. We decided we needed to a brief funky interlude, we jammed and it turned into Funky Town. Also had a random extended blues jam, which was fun. *Actually I was only singing one part.

Bay Of Pigs - Machine Head

I would absolutely LOVE to see a pic of this one day! Sharkfins are my favourite thing in the world and I just love how they look, LEDs would be absolutely killer I reckon

I went the other way. Started Jazz copy, then a P fretless, then a few basses later another Jazz back in 80's. In the 2010's i bought a Geddy Jazz, then a P bass (now sold), then a PJ and now a MarloweDK Jazz lookalike on steroids. I do like my Geddy Jazz tho both for tone and the neck and playability. Its just so nice and a warmer tone than the Sandberg. I might have a try on a US P bass again as i do love the tone of a P too. Nothing else sounds like a Fender P. Dave

Looking good Stevie. You suit the Stingray, and as for that tartan suit, well what can i say. Band is sounding great as expected from your bands. You're definitely putting me in the mood for a Stingray. Dave

I've been encouraged to go supercardiod. I have a Superlux PRA D1n which was dirt cheap. Just read some reviews and consensus seems to be it's comparable with an SM58 beta. So... I'll pack it with my SM58 and try it. My I only do bvs anyway (although I was singing the fifth in three part harmony tonight, for the very first time at a rehearsal!)

Jeez that was really quite pretentious wasn’t it 😂

My take on string selection is that they’re one component of a tripartite system - strings, instrument, player. I love Gamuts on my 4/4, and if I play my Evahs the same way on the same instrument they don’t work for me. But if I back right off on the Evahs and use more pad and less bone in the finger, I can get close(r) to that lovely airy tone. I don’t think there’ one string to rule them all, just a moving triangle of parameters 👍